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Benny and Bjorn's new musical is called HJÄLP SÖKES , Lars
Rudolfsson originated the story and directed . Kristina Lugn wrote the (script) book , Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote the lyrics . The music is by Benny Andersson. Benny worked on the music close to the deadline. When the project was
announced Bjorn was not on board, but came on later to the project to
help with the lyric writing, that Kristina Lugn had started on...

HJÄLP SÖKES loosely
translates to "Help Wanted" and the musical is about some middle aged
farmers needing help. The help comes in the form of a mother and her
daughter. And the mother and daughter are not Sophie and Donna. The staging includes animals including a goat, a dog, and others.
Benny has written a few songs with Kristina Lugn before, and of course, works regularly with Lars, who is the director of Kristina Fran Duvemala. This musical was kept well under wraps. Apparently, the musical has only eight songs, the first one introdu…